Escapement, route choice, barrier passage and entrainment of seaward migrating European eel, Anguilla anguilla, within a highly regulated lowland river

• Published in: Ecological Engineering
• Main Authors: Piper, Adam T., Wright, Ros, Walker, Alan, Kemp, P.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Weir; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/353278/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/353278/1/Piper_2013_escapement_eprints.pdf

Fluvial disconnectivity can have important impacts on fish populations, including hindering movement between habitats required for different ontogenic stages. Recruitment of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) has reduced by over 90% since the early 1980's, in part due to the effect of riverin...